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'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.HS tixMeter tix 4.0
.BS
'
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH NAME
tixMeter \- Create and manipulate Tix Meter widgets
'
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBtixMeter\fI \fIpathName ?\fIoptions\fR?
'
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.PP
.SH SUPER-CLASS
None.
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH "STANDARD OPTIONS"
'
The Meter widget supports all the standard options of a frame widget.
See the \fBoptions(n)\fR manual entry for details on the standard options.
'
'----------BEGIN
.LP
.nf
Name:		\fBfillColor\fR
Class:		\fBFillColor\fR
Switch:		\fB\-fillcolor\fR
.fi
.IP
The color of the progress bar.
'----------END
'----------BEGIN
.LP
.nf
Name:		\fBtext\fR
Class:		\fBText\fR
Switch:		\fB\-text\fR
.fi
.IP
The text string to place inside the progress bar. If not specified,
then the text string will be the percentage value specified by the
\fB\-value\fR option.
'----------END
'----------BEGIN
.LP
.nf
Name:		\fBvalue\fR
Class:		\fBValue\fR
Switch:		\fB\-value\fR
.fi
.IP
A real value that specifies the progress. Must be between 0.0 to 1.0.
'----------END
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH DESCRIPTION
'
.PP
'
The \fBtixMeter\fR command creates a new window (given by the
\fIpathName\fR argument) and makes it into a Meter widget.
Additional options, described above, may be specified on the command
line or in the option database to configure aspects of the
Meter widget such as its cursor and relief.

The Meter widget can be used to show the pregress of a background job
which may take a long time to execute.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH WIDGET COMMANDS
.PP
'
The \fBtixMeter\fR command creates a new Tcl command whose name is
the same as the path name of the Meter widget's window.  This
command may be used to invoke various operations on the widget. It has
the following general form:
'
.DS C
'
\fIpathName option \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
.PP
.DE
'
\fIPathName\fR is the name of the command, which is the same as the
Meter widget's path name. \fIOption\fR and the \fIarg\fRs
determine the exact behavior of the command. The following commands
are possible for Meter widgets:
'
.TP
\fIpathName \fBcget\fR \fIoption\fR
'
Returns the current value of the configuration option given by
\fIoption\fR. \fIOption\fR may have any of the values accepted by the
\fBtixMeter\fR command.
'
.TP
'
\fIpathName \fBconfigure\fR ?\fIoption\fR? \fI?value option value ...\fR?
'
Query or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no
\fIoption\fR is specified, returns a list describing all of the
available options for \fIpathName\fR (see \fBTk_ConfigureInfo\fR for
information on the format of this list).  If \fIoption\fR is specified
with no \fIvalue\fR, then the command returns a list describing the
one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding
sublist of the value returned if no \fIoption\fR is specified).  If
one or more \fIoption\-value\fR pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s); in
this case the command returns an empty string.  \fIOption\fR may have
any of the values accepted by the \fBtixMeter\fR command.
'
'
'
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH BINDINGS
.PP
There is no bindings for the Meter widget.
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH KEYWORDS
Tix(n), Meter Widget

